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General Language Arts Resources:
First
Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind by
Jessie Wise
Phonics Resources:
Teach Your Child to Read in
100 Easy Lessons, by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox,
and Elaine Bruner (highly recommended and used by many
CM'rs.
Reading Resources:
Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of
Reading by Lawrence Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone
Using
Beloved Classics to Deepen Reading Comprehension
(Scholastic Teaching Strategies) by Monica
Edinger
Spelling Resources:
(Please note that many CM'rs do not
recommend starting a spelling curriculum until after the
child is at a 4th or 5th grade reading level...And many
don't opt to use a program at all, but instead trust
that spelling will come with reading and copywork.)
AVKO
Educational Research Foundation--offers, among other
things, a sequential spelling program which is
recommended by some CM'rs.
Natural Speller, by
Kathryn L. Stout
And here's a great idea I
found in the archives of the
Secular CM egroup that I had to share:
Using dictation to help reinforce spelling...
Find a 3 or 4 sentence block (poem, quote from
reading, etc...) The child (for example) copies it in print on Monday and in cursive on
Wednesday,
studying the words throughout the week. On Friday, she writes it
from dictation. The parent then writes out any words she missed properly (on a
different page) so she can study them some more and rewrite the
dictation once every day until she gets all the words or it has
been
five days. Then move on to the next.
Grammar Resources:
Growing with Grammar
"Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" for kids by Lynne Truss
Ruth Heller books (World of Language series)
Schoolhouse Rock DVDs (grammar rock)
Simply Grammar: An Illustrated Primer by Karen Andreola--Charlotte Mason style program
Emma Serl grammar books (Primary Language Lessons & Intermediate Language Lessons)--Charlotte Mason style program
A
Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What Is a Noun? (Words Are
Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary and Jenya
Prosmitsky...there are more books to this series, do a
search for "words are categorical" on
amazon.
Miss Myrtle Frag, the Grammar Nag by Lawanda
Bailey and Brian Strassburg
Writing Resources:
Write With the Best--homeschool writing curriculum,
using great works of literature
Bravewriter
Handwriting/Copywork Resources:
Handwriting Without Tears
StartWrite Handwriting Software
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